Smalltime's View of the Obesity Epidemic : Small Time Blog

Smalltime's View of the Obesity Epidemic

by Bradley Voight on 09/20/12

I weighed 192 pounds when I graduated high school in 1989 and I weigh 194 pounds today at 42 years old. I am a self confessed sugar addict. I had powdered donuts and a chaco taco last night and tonight I had two chocolate candy bars. Earlier this month on my birthday I had 3/4 of my birthday cake in 2 days and I had 3 brownies and 1/2 a dozen cookies last Sunday. I sometimes wonder how I am not obese since I have a job that requires sitting for up to 12 hours but I know why I am not. So how have I maintained my weight?


Two words....strength exercises. Simple push ups, sit ups, and squats. I have no gym membership and I do not follow a strict regiment. I simply do as many of each exercise as I can, pushing myself somewhat but not training like an athlete, a couple of days a week. I work my muscles to soreness at least twice a week. You see muscles are what eats the food that you eat and when you have low muscle mass, all the excess you eat just piles on. 

These commercials you see with pro athletes going all out on high tech treadmills while breathing super oxygenated air through respirators make people think you have to work like that to maintain a healthy weight and it is far from the truth. I am not a personal trainer or a doctor but I know what keeps me fit and I'm convinced that maintaining good muscle mass is the key to maintaining a healthy weight. I try to be fit for everyday activities, not for sports, but if I wanted to compete in a sport it wouldn't take me as long to get in condition for it. By the way, for cardio I don't run although I should, but I do take at least a 1/2 mile walk 6 days a week. I have 4 dogs to thank for that.

I will be posting a video of some basic exercises that keep your muscles taught and strong enough to take on any basic task such as lifting heavy objects around the house. These exercises will prevent common injuries that can be both costly and painful. You can do these any where, any time so there is no real excuse for not doing them. There is no magic pill to not being obese you have to do some work but you don't have to work like a Nike commercial actor. 

Smalltime believes small changes can make large differences and we are here to help get the ball rolling in the right direction on issues like obesity and waste. We are not an activism site, we are here to offer ways for individuals to take the initiative to make things better for themselves and in turn the world around them.


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